Team Gilas Pilipinas finally posts a needed win, and decimates African power Senegal in a hard-fought 81-79 overtime victory. Andray Blatche led the Philippine squad with 18 points before fouling out in overtime. Jimmy “Mighty Mouse” Alapag, the heart and Soul of RP Five, and Junmar “The Kraken” Fajardo kept the Filipino boat afloat with 18 and 15 markers apiece. Shooting phenom Mouhammad Faye meanwhile paced the Senegalese effort with 20 points.
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